It is a budget netbook. Decent for the price, but freaking slow, I mean... battery life, come on... On a netbook it says you get up to 4 hrs? And usually the ads are stretched... It doesn't look like a scam, but it does look like you are going to have to be very patient with it. If anything, I'd just run Ubuntu, Windows 7 starter is garbage, and running Windows on a netbook is illogical. Netbook = UbuntuNotebook = Dual-boot Win7 and Ubuntu

The current version of Ubuntu is 11.04 if I'm correct, why settle for less?

What do you plan on doing with the netbook? They are pretty weak in comparison to a laptop so if you are going to be doing something that's moderately intensive, then you will probably be disappointed.

I have a Desktop right now with a 1TB HDD for storage, and I use the desktop for any intensive tasks.

My wife has a Dual-Core Sony Vaio 15.4" Laptop with 3gb Ram etc... I do love her Laptop, however it is a bit bulky, the battery life SUCKS (3 years old, lasts MAYBE an hour on a charge) so it's always plugged in... and it's pretty heavy...

I am thinking of getting a netbook purely to be able to sit with her in the living room on the couch with a laptop on my lap browsing the web, maybe playing online poker, nothing intensive for sure... my desktop would be doing all the DVD burning/Decoding...

The netbook is great for your situation, Netbooks are too small for my taste, but it looks like you have a desktop to take care of any "work".Ubuntu would run great on it. Windows 7 is pretty bulky itself, since you don't need any of the features that Windows has to offer, Ubuntu would be the best way to go, it is lighter, faster, and more reliable. And... if you do need install a Windows program, you could install Wine, and Wine will install files that Windows PCs normally have, giving you some the best of Ubuntu, and a bit of Windows.